The three most controversial barriers to telemedicine adoption are payment, physician licensure, patient privacy. This presentation from the TFSS webinar will help you learn how these three areas of telemedicine policy affect your ability to practice and get paid for telemedicine. Our telemedicine law & policy expert, Nathaniel Lacktman, discussed how these policies can affect your bottom line and some best practices for maximizing telemedicine performance. For more information of the presentation such as recording and transcript, please visit: https://goo.gl/aeolcF For other webinars: https://vsee.com/webinars/ Or join our Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Telehealth-Failures-Secrets-Success-13500037/about Or Join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tfssgroup/?ref=group_cover

1. Demystifying the
Telemedicine Triple
Threat:
Reimbursement,
Licensure & HIPAA
Nathaniel Lacktman,
Esq.
nlacktman@foley.com
@Lacktman
March 2017

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3. Telemedicine Reimbursement and
Payment
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Telehealth
Sources of
Revenue
Government FFS (Medicare, Medicaid)
Medicare Advantage,
Medicaid MCOs
Commercial
Health Plans
Employer Self-
Funded Plans
Employer Pay (OOP)
Institutions,
Providers
Self-Pay /
Cash
Cost Savings and
Cost Avoidance

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7. Telemedicine and Licensure
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Patient Contact
Select Hospital
Provide Initial
2nd Opinion /
Assessment
Arrange Follow-up
Travel to Hospital
Receive Treatment
Travel Home
Post-Treatment
Follow-up Care

10. Telemedicine Privacy & Security
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Use a password or other user
authentication.
Install and enable encryption.
Install and activate wiping and/or
remote disabling.
Disable and do not install file- sharing
applications.
Install and enable security software.
Keep security software up to date.
Research mobile applications (apps)
before downloading.
Install and enable a firewall.
Delete all stored health information
before discarding or reusing the mobile
device.
Maintain physical control of your
mobile device.
Use adequate security to send or receive
health information over public Wi-Fi
networks.

12. Speaker Contact
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Nathaniel Lacktman, Esq.
Partner
Chair, Telemedicine & Virtual Care Practice
Co-Chair, Digital Health Group
Foley & Lardner LLP
813.225.4127
nlacktman@foley.com
www.foley.com/nlacktman
News & Resources
www.foley.com/telemedicine
www.healthcarelawtoday.com
@Lacktman
One Law Firm.
All Your Digital Health Needs.
Telemedicine ● Telehealth ● Virtual Care ● mHealth
Fraud and Abuse ● Regulatory Compliance ● International/Destination Medicine
Reimbursement and Payment ● Contracting and Joint Ventures ● M&A
Licensure and Practice ● Concierge Medicine ● Privacy and Security

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